UK research review will target ‘unnecessary red tape’

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Has the pandemic changed research culture – and is it for the better?

Covid-19 has prompted an explosion in preprints but has curtailed networking and underlined the extra pressures on women and junior academics. Simon Baker asks whether the pandemic era is a dark blip or a bright new dawn

By Simon Baker

15 April

Rama Thirunamachandran, the vice-chancellor of Canterbury Christ Church University

THE Live: UK HE bureaucracy ‘a bit of a monster’, says REF creator

Panel warns that action is needed to tackle excessive competition and casualisation if research careers are to remain attractive

By Jack Grove

26 November

REF reforms to seek ‘accountability without complex bureaucracy’

Science minister Amanda Solloway announces review of UK’s main research assessment exercise

By Chris Havergal

20 October

Removing pathways to impact could see research lose its way

UKRI’s decision to axe the impact sections of grant applications could hobble consideration of the process and politics of research, says Jude Fransman

By Jude Fransman

29 January

UK research review will target ‘unnecessary red tape’

Sector leaders welcome independent review into bureaucracy, which follows Dominic Cummings’ diatribe against ‘process horror’ in research

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UK research review will target ‘unnecessary red tape’

Sector leaders welcome independent review into bureaucracy, which follows Dominic Cummings’ diatribe against ‘process horror’ in research

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Related articles

Has the pandemic changed research culture – and is it for the better?

THE Live: UK HE bureaucracy ‘a bit of a monster’, says REF creator

REF reforms to seek ‘accountability without complex bureaucracy’

Removing pathways to impact could see research lose its way

Related universities

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